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Show rage and exclaim ? vaf‘t hath been his expences to prepare for his adventure, and equally great his judgCS, heard in defence, and found guilty of th charge. But to far from all this, a whole peop expectations from the Bolton merchant. What guilt hath he contracted, what crime hath be com. are aceufei, profecuted by they know not wbo/n ; tried they know not wben; proved guilty they mitted, that be aw; {hould be involved in the ca. know not bow ; and fcntenced in a mode, which lamitous confequences of this unexampled flatute 3 for number of calamities, extent and duration of feverity, eXCeeds the annals of palt ages, and we prefume, in pity to mankind, will not mark any Bouyed up for a moment, perhaps, with a vain expectation, that he may have a remedy on his tonlrac‘l agazoyl [be nzorcbant bore ;--.how will this fuppofed foreigner fink with a ten-fold defpondency, how will be rife again with adequate indignation, when he difcovers all remedy gone ;-his contract declared by tbe law, ‘f utterly void, to ALL INTENTS future [Era in the fiery of the world. AND PURPOSES WHATSOEVER ?"-Here again, love tions. A NIACHIAVEL may plan, and his fchei ":63 prove abortive; an ALVA may be fent to execute, and his army be defeated. The circle of the arts and fciences, like the ball of empire, hath held a Mylar/n courfe. From Chaldea and Egypt to Greece and Rome, foon after in Italy, and thence to the for a parent-country, love for a parent-king checks the current of reafon, and reltrains the career of pallion. Having taken this View, before we proceed fur. ther, it is natural once more to alk, whence arofe this extraordinary {tride of legiflation ; what is it, that tbe town of Bolton hath done ? what new and unheard of crime have the inhabitants committed to juftify enaéting of fuch difabilities, forfei~ tures, pains and penalties ? punilhments that defcend _indifrrinzinafely on all ought to have the {auction of {warring wifdom, and almigbz‘y power, or it will be quefiioned, if not oppofed :-.-The prefent ven- geance falls z'ndlfcriminately on the acknowledged innou cent, as well as the [opp/d guilty. Surely the evil is of a very malignant and terrible nature that can require fuch an extraordinary remedy. Admit for a moment , that the inhabitants of Bolton were charged as high criminals; the higheft criminals are not punifhable, till arraigned before difinterefled judges» What will be the real confequences of this alto. nifhing meafure, and what thofe intended and expec. ted by the planners of it are very dzfl'rent confidera. wglern provinces of Europe. Chaldea and Egypt had their Magi, their law-givers and heroes, when Greece and Rome {warmed with petty feudatories and barbarians; Greece and Rome fiouri~ ihed in literature, when Gaul, Germany, and Britain were uncivilized,rude and ignorant. Wife and fagacious politicians have not been able to ftay the rotation of this revolving/2imtz'fic circle, any more than mighty potentates to repel the velocity of the flying ball of empire t-fuperior to bunznn powerr, like blazing liars, they hold their del‘tined courfe, and play their corrufcations as they run their lace. The expectations of thoie who were the fautors of the prefent mealbres, mul‘t have been to bring down fuperlative diftrefs, difcord, contulion, del'pair, and. , perditioa upon a m'iltitude. How tilv'n u! \‘.v. u...I |